For three weeks now, the music industry has agonized over what to do about Morgan Wallen. One of country’s newest stars, Wallen had been caught on video casually shouting a racial slur to a friend. After the music world banded together last summer, promising to hold itself accountable for racial inequities, there needed to be action. Denunciations poured forth on social media, and Wallen’s record label “suspended” his contract. Wallen apologized.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2021 15:50 UTC